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6-23-2003

LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED

Agriculture Commissioner Gus R. Douglass announced that a public hearing has been scheduled for July 9, 2003, to receive comments on the issuance of an operating permit for the Ohio County Livestock Market located in Wheeling, W. Va. The Market is currently in operation, but the West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) has received an application for a change of the Market’s ownership to Doug Teagarden of West Alexander, Pa. The hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the WVDA’s Guthrie Agriculture Center near Sissonville, WV, in Building 2, Room 202.

If you would like to comment about the issuance of this permit, you may appear in person at the hearing or write to Agriculture Commissioner Gus R. Douglass, WVDA, 1900 Kanawha Blvd., E., Charleston, WV 25305, on or before July 9, 2003.

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